Ford v. American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Co.

J. T. and D. T. Ford purchased some 40 acres of land in Hidalgo county, Tex., from defendants in error, at $500 per acre. Alleging fraud in such sale, the purchasers sued for damages and a cancellation of the notes they gave in part payment of the land.

During the pendency of that suit, the defendant company proceeded, under the terms of its deed of trust securing such purchase-money notes, to advertise the land for sale. Shortly before the date set for the sale, the Fords Sled in court a motion ashing that the sale be stopped and the officers of defendant company held in contempt for trying…